A/N: I know that Draco doesn't really have seats in the Top Box, but for awkwardness' sake, let's pretend he does in this fic…

Disclaimer: Last time I checked, Harry Potter characters are J.K. Rowling's… Wait, let me check again. You know, just in case.

Chapter Seven: The Quidditch Match

Hermione arrived at the Burrow a day before the quidditch match. As soon as she stepped away from the fireplace, something tackled her, squealing,

"'Mione! You're here!"

"Ginny, get off me!" Hermione said playfully. They were both covered in soot, but Ginny was smiling ridiculously. Fred and George walked into the room.

"'Mione! You're here!" they said simultaneously. They both hugged her. She hugged them back. This time Mrs. Weasley came in through the door.

"Hermione, dear, you're here!" She fussed. Ron walked into the room.

"'Mione! You're - "

Hermione waved her hands impatiently.

"I know, I'm here!"

"Ha, yeah. Mum said breakfast is ready,"

"Okay, thanks, Ron." Hermione replied. Hermione went upstairs to wash up since she was covered in soot.

The day went by rather quickly as Ginny, Ron, and Hermione caught up with each other. Everything was calming down until Harry came. Then the household became hectic again.

Mrs. Weasley finally shooed all the children to bed.

The Weasley family, with the addition of Harry and Hermione, arrived at the tent that said 'Weezley'. After settling down a bit, the family headed to the quidditch pitch.

The Top Box was only occupied by a house elf named Winky. Hermione was about to sit down when Cornelius Fudge came up to them and started speaking. Thinking it would be rude to sit down while the Minister was talking, she stayed standing up.

Then, Lucius Malfoy swept up to them with Narcissa and Draco following behind him. Cornelius explained how the Malfoys were here on his invitation. Lucius was curling his lip at her like he was disgusted with her. Draco shot a look of apology at her. Lucius sneered.

"Good Lord, Arthur," he said softly. "What did you have to sell to get seats in the Top Box? Surely your house couldn't have fetched this much?"

All the Weasleys glared at him.

"Well," Lucius smirked. "Narcissa and I have some business elsewhere to attend to," and with that he and Narcissa swept away, leaving Draco alone.

Although it was a very awkward situation with Draco, he held his nose up high and sat himself down on one of the chairs. It was the one at the very end. The Weasleys all sat down beginning from the other end of the row of seats, until there were only three seats next to Draco. Harry and Ron were arguing with each other who would sit next to Draco in a not so quiet undertone. Draco looked at them, amused.

Hermione couldn't take it anymore. How could they insult him like that? And how could Draco just sit there looking… humored?

"I'll sit next to him!" declared Hermione. Ron and Harry looked baffled.

"No, no, no! Uh, I'll sit next to him," said Harry hurriedly. Hermione glared at him.

"What, so you can insult him the entire time? No thanks, I can take care of myself," huffed Hermione, and sat down next to Draco. Harry and Ron looked as if they wanted to argue, but they were silenced by a glare from Hermione.

"Veelas!" Arthur Weasley said. Hermione rolled her eyes as Harry and Ron started ogling them. She glanced at Draco. He had a particularly bored look on his face. Draco caught her looking, and whispered,

"Why didn't you tell me Potter and Weasley were going to be here?"

"I didn't know that we were going to sit here. Sorry about that. A question though, doesn't it anger you if they insult you like that?"

Draco shrugged.

"It's okay, I do that too, to them," he said. Hermione ignored the last comment. She looked at her friends. They were still staring at the veelas, up from their seats to look at them closer.

"Harry! Ron!" she snapped. They pulled back.

The quidditch game was over. Hermione still didn't understand what part of this the boys enjoyed, but Harry, Ron, and Draco all looked like they enjoyed the match. Hermione honestly didn't care for the score, and wasn't even sure which team won. Hermione and her friends left the Top Box after she and Draco exchanged silent goodbyes.

A couple moments after was when the chaos started.

"Hurry!" yelled Harry from ahead. They were almost at the edge of the forest.

"Stop," Harry's voice said. Ron and Hermione stopped. "Ron, you look for any Death Eaters, I'm going in the forest. Hermione, you stand outside, watch guard," Harry instructed.

"Splitting up is a bad idea," Hermione said nervously. Harry ignored her.

"I'll meet you here in exactly ten minutes, if there is any trouble, send up red sparks; stay safe. Then we'll head in to the forest together. If you meet anyone we know, then wait for us to return," he ordered.

"Okay," said Ron and Hermione.

Ron and Harry entered the forest together and left Hermione standing there, feeling extremely nervous.

"Hermione," a voice said behind her. Hermione whipped around, pointing her wand at the source of the voice. It was Draco, who looked unfazed. Hermione put her wand away.

"You have to be safe," he said. "There are going to be Death Eaters after Potter, so that means that they're partially after you too. If you're in the way of them capturing Potter, they'll kill you without thought. Promise me you'll stay out of danger's way,"

"Draco, I - " Hermione started.

"Promise me!" Draco's silver eyes were pleading. Hermione swallowed and nodded.

"I will," she said slowly. Draco searched her eyes for a moment then pulled her into a tight hug.

"Be safe," he said quickly, and dashed away. Hermione eyed the area warily for the last five minutes. Harry and Ron emerged from the forest.

"Hermione? We're going back. We found the others," Ron asked.

"Coming," she replied numbly.

They were a couples of meters away from their tent when a spell hit Ron. Luckily, it was just a Body Bind spell, and Hermione removed it quickly. Ron got up and all three of them drew their wands.

A spell was heading her way. Hermione dodged, and cried,

"Stupefy!" at where the spell came from. Two Death Eaters emerged into view. They both wore ghastly looking masks so they could not see their face.

"Avada Kedavra!" a Death Eater yelled, pointing his wand at Ron. Harry jumped onto him, the curse barely missing them. Draco's warning flashed in Hermione's head, but she couldn't leave. Not now. A stream of curses came their way, and Hermione managed to block most of them by using the Shield charm, but a couple managed to hit their target, and left the trio panting and bleeding a bit.

"Petrificus totalus!"

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Harry, Ron and Hermione fired back their own spells and a couple of theirs hit their target too. Seeing the chance, they ran to the tent, looking over their shoulder the whole time.

Another A/N: *Gasp* Draco hugs Hermione and Malfoys don't hug… according to Draco. Well, anyway. I know that the scene I wrote at the end was a lot different from the book. Eh, I just thought it was cute Draco begging Hermione to be safe so I thought why not. Also, I was too lazy to check the book the exact dialogue and whatnot so... Anyway, let's also assume that Hermione, Ron, and Harry have that 'Winky-is-found-with-Harry's-wand-and-Hermione-gets-mad-for-house-elf-injustice' scene, because I want to jump right into fourth year. :)